Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts
We look upon the Greek as containing the Books of most Solid & useful Learning"
Humfrey Wanley, 1712.
The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project, a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg, aims to conserve, catalogue and digitise the medieval and early modern Greek manuscripts held across Cambridge and those in the Bibliotheca Palatina, which is split between Heidelberg University Library and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
The digitisation of the 432 Codices Palatini graeci manuscripts (29 housed in Heidelberg and 403 in the Vatican) has enabled the entire Palatine manuscript library to be reunited in electronic form, following the earlier digitisation of the Codices Palatini latini and Codices Palatini germanici manuscripts. All are now available via the Heidelberg digital library.
The 444 Greek manuscripts in Cambridge belong to fourteen different institutions – Cambridge University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and twelve colleges: Christ’ s, Clare, Corpus Christi, Emmanuel, Gonville and Caius, King’s, Pembroke, Queens’, St John’s, Sidney Sussex, Trinity and Westminster. They will all be published on Cambridge Digital Library in this collection, the first to bring together items from so many different institutions.
The Cambridge manuscripts encompass the full chronological range of Greek manuscript culture, stretching from the early Christian period to the early modern and ranging widely across liturgy, history, law, science, medicine, poetry, drama, grammar, rhetoric, theology and philosophy. Viewed as a whole, they bear witness to the enduring legacy of classical and Byzantine Greek culture and the lasting importance of Greek scholarship in Cambridge. There are texts of classical authors such as Aristotle, Sophocles and Homer, important biblical manuscripts and liturgical books of the Byzantine church. These volumes also have stories to tell about the collecting, studying, editing and translating of Greek manuscripts in western Europe in the medieval and early modern periods.
Conservation attention to each manuscript ensures that they can be digitised safely and helps secure the long-term availability of the collections. For most of the Cambridge Greek manuscripts, the only published catalogue description dates from the nineteenth or early twentieth century. As part of the project, all are receiving scholarly attention and new, detailed descriptions are being produced.
This cataloguing, conservation and digitisation project runs until 2021 and manuscripts will be published in tranches. For more details about the project, including blogposts detailing project activities and a full list of the manuscripts included, see the project webpage.
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Canonical and theological miscellany (MS Add. 1024)
The manuscript is a little Canonical and theological miscellany, elegantly written by the Greek scribe Konstantinos Paleocappas, … more -
John Chrysostom (MS Add. 1025)
This manuscript, probably copied between the 10th and the 11th century, contains a selection of homilies by the Patriarch … more -
New Testament lectionary (MS Add. 1836)
This manuscript, probably produced in the late 12th or 13th century, is unusual in being a combined New Testament lectionary. … more -
Gospel book (MS Add. 1837)
This Gospel book, much of which is missing, appears to be a product of the Hodegon monastery in Constantinople in the 14th … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturdays and Sundays) (MS Add. 1839)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript, dating to the 13th century, belongs to the briefer of the two main types, the "Saturday-Sunday" … more -
Gospel lectionary (MS Add. 1840)
This Gospel lectionary, probably produced in the second half of the 11th century or first half of the 12th, belongs in general … more -
Gospel lectionary (menologion) (MS Add. 1875)
This fragment is a scrap from a folio of a Gospel lectionary manuscript in majuscule script, which has been tentatively identified … more -
Prophetologion (MS Add. 1879.1)
This fragment is composed of four folios from a Prophetologion, or Old Testament lectionary, in majuscule script, probably … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturday-Sunday) (MS Add. 1879.2)
This fragment is a quire of a Gospel lectionary manuscript in majuscule script, probably copied during the 10th century. … more -
Oktoechos (fragment) (MS Add. 1879.3)
This fragment is a single folio from one of the earliest surviving examples of the Oktoechos, a liturgical book containing … more -
MS Add. 1879.4 (MS Add. 1879.4)
This fragment consists of two small scraps of parchment bearing majuscule script, perhaps dating from around the 6th century, … more -
MS Add. 1879.5 (MS Add. 1879.5)
This fragment consists of a small scrap of parchment bearing two texts in palimpsest, a Greek lower text and Arabic upper … more -
MS Add. 1879.6 (MS Add. 1879.6)
This fragment consists of a strip of parchment bearing majuscule script, perhaps dating from the 7th or 8th century, which … more -
Septuagint (fragment) (MS Add. 1879.7)
This fragment is a single folio containing part of the Book of Genesis in the usual ancient Greek translation, the Septuagint. … more -
Wooden board (MS Add. 1879.8)
This fragment is a wooden board which previously formed part of the binding of a book. Pieces of waste parchment have been … more -
Codex canonum ecclesiae Africanae (MS Add. 1879.9)
This fragment consists of the end of a manuscript containing selections from the collected canons of the various synods held … more -
Vita et miracula Sancti Gregorii Agrigenti (MS Add. 1879.10)
This fragment consists of five folios from a manuscript which was probably copied in the 11th or first half of the 12th century. … more -
Gospel of Matthew (MS Add. 1879.11)
This fragment consists of four folios of a Gospel book, containing part of the Gospel of Matthew. The characteristics of … more -
Gospel lectionary (MS Add. 1879.12)
This fragment consists of four folios from a quire of a Gospel lectionary, probably copied during the 11th century.Dr Christopher … more -
Gospel lectionary (MS Add. 1879.13)
This fragment consists of the upper portions of four torn folios from a bilingual Greek-Arabic Gospel lectionary, probably … more -
MS Add. 1879.15 (MS Add. 1879.15)
This fragment is a single folio of a palimpsest manuscript, whose original text dates to the 10th or 11th century, and the … more -
In mulieres ungentiferas (MS Add. 1879.16)
This fragment is a single folio containing part of a homily by the 6th-century Patriarch of Antioch Gregory, formerly attributed … more -
Passion of St Menas (MS Add. 1879.17)
This fragment consists of a single folio from the Passion of St Menas, an Egyptian soldier martyred in the early 4th century, … more -
In Matthaeum (homiliae 1-90) (MS Add. 1879.18)
This fragment is a single folio containing part of a homily by John Chrysostom, probably copied in the 11th century. It has … more -
Loci communes (MS Add. 1879.19)
This fragment consists of a single folio from a manuscript copied in the later 10th century, containing the florilegium known … more -
Loci communes (MS Add. 1879.20)
This fragment consists of a single folio from a manuscript copied in the later 10th century, containing the florilegium known … more -
Menaion (MS Add. 1879.21)
This fragment is a single folio from a menaion, a liturgical book containing the components of services particular to individual … more -
Dialogus de vita Johannis Chrysostomi (MS Add. 1879.22)
This fragment consists of about half of a folio, which was probably copied in the late 10th century. It contains part of … more -
Archimedes Palimpsest (MS Add. 1879.23)
This fragment is a single folio of the Archimedes Palimpsest, a manuscript originally copied in the middle or later 10th … more -
Gospel book (MS Add. 1879.24)
This fragment consists of two folios from different parts of a Gospel book, copied in the 13th or 14th century. One folio … more -
Marcus Mamunas' Symbolon paraphrase (MS Add. 1880.1)
This fragment is a single folio from an Evangelion, containing one of the few known copies of Marcus Mamunas' Symbolon paraphrase. … more -
Stichera Martyrika (fragment) (MS Add. 1880.2)
This fragment is a single folio, taken probably from an Oktoechos, containing the Stichera martyrika, a hymn sung during … more -
Antistoicheiae by Maximus Planudes (MS Add. 1880.4)
This fragment consists of a single folio, probably extracted from the binding of a Latin manuscript codex. One side, now … more -
Lexicon (MS Add. 1880.6)
This fragment is a quire containing a brief extract from the Byzantine Lexicon of Pseudo-Zonaras, also known as Lexicon Tittmannianum … more -
Letters (fragment) (MS Add. 1880.7)
This fragment is a bifolium of a manuscript containing the Letters of Libanius, a Late Antique orator and teacher of rhetoric, … more -
Boethius (MS Add. 1880.8)
This fragment is a single folio deriving from a codex datable to the 16th century. It contains some philosophical and rhetorical … more -
Possession note of a monastery on Mount Sinai (MS Add. 1880.9)
This fragment is a single folio; it was probably originally an endleaf. It contains a Possession note of a lexicon from … more -
Refutation of the union of the Churches (MS Add. 1880.11)
This fragment, taken from a 17th-century manuscript, contains an incomplete copy of the Refutation of the union of the Churches … more -
Akolouthia of St. Kyriaki (7th July) (MS Add. 1880.12)
This fragment is made up of three quires containing the Akolouthia of St Kyriaki Martyr (7th July). An ἀκολουθία is the collection … more -
Dialogue with a Latin teacher (MS Add. 1880.13)
This quire is part of a collection of fragments bought by Cambridge University Library from Constantin von Tischendorf's … more -
Poema 6, Grammatica (ll. 78-229 ed. Westernik 1992) (MS Add. 1880.14)
This fragment is a quire containing lines 78-229 of Michael Psellus' Poem on grammar, addressed to the emperor Constantine … more -
Fragment of a treatise on the Holy Spirit against the Latins (MS Add. 1880.15)
This quire is part of a collection of fragments bought by Cambridge University Library from Constantin von Tischendorf's … more -
Dialogue with a Latin teacher (MS Add. 1880.16)
This quire is part of a collection of fragments bought by Cambridge University Library from Constantin von Tischendorf's … more -
Three short texts in Greek about the Holy Spirit (MS Add. 1880.17)
This leaf is part of a collection of fragments bought by Cambridge University Library from Constantin von Tischendorf's … more -
Notitia Episcopatuum III, lines 136-204 (ed. Parthey 1866) (MS Add. 1880.18)
This fragment is a single leaf containing a page of the third Notitia Episcopatuum (ed. Parthey 1866). The Notitiae Episcopatuum … more -
Prayers in Greek (MS Add. 1880.19)
This fragment is a single leaf cointaining two Prayers in Greek, probably from a manuscript dating to the 17th century. The … more -
Theological writings in Greek (MS Add. 1880.20)
This quire is part of a collection of fragments bought by Cambridge University Library from Constantin von Tischendorf's … more -
Letter (MS Add. 2754.1)
This fragment is a scrap of a papyrus document, possibly a letter, mentioning one Phoka. It dates probably from the 7th century.Dr … more -
Gospel, Acts and Epistles lectionary (MS Add. 2754.2)
This fragment is part of a folio that was probably copied in the second half of the 12th century or first half of the 13th. … more -
Acts and Epistles book with catena (MS Add. 3046)
This manuscript is an Acts and Epistles book with catena, probably copied in the 11th century. It was apparently intended … more -
Byzantine theological treatises (MS Add. 3049)
This manuscript, part of which was completed in 1336 and the remainder copied around that time, contains two Byzantine theological … more -
Morning service of Easter Saturday (MS Add. 3121)
This pocket-sized manuscript is an example of a service book for the Holy Week liturgy for personal use. It contains the … more -
Akolouthia (MS Add. 3122)
This manuscript contains the Akolouthia for the feast of St George (23 April), hymns and other liturgical texts proper to … more -
Oktoechos (MS Add. 4166.22)
This fragment, probably copied in the 15th or 16th century, is a single folio from an Oktoechos, a liturgical book containing … more -
Synaxarion for the month of April, fragment (MS Add. 4166.23)
This single leaf contains a Fragment from a Synaxarion, which is a collection of hagiographical brief notices for each day … more -
Contents list (MS Add. 4166.24)
This fragment is a single folio from a manuscript that was probably copied in the 15th or early 16th century. It contains … more -
Table of contents of a Homiliary (MS Add. 4166.25)
This fragment is a single leaf, containing the Table of contents of a Homiliary, attributed in the manuscript to Xiphilinus, … more -
Gospel lectionary palimpsest, with Menologion undertext (MS Add. 4489)
This fragment consists of unbound folios of a Gospel lectionary palimpsest, with Menologion undertext. The original manuscript, … more -
Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (MS Add. 4490)
This fragment consists of two separate folios from a manuscript, copied in the late 10th or 11th century, containing a commentary … more -
Life of Barlaam and Joasaph (MS Add. 4491)
This fragment consists of 14 surviving folios of a manuscript, probably dating to the late 11th century or early 12th century, … more -
Gospel of Matthew (MS Add. 4541)
This fragment is a scrap of parchment retrieved from the endleaves of a Hebrew manuscript, and contains part of the Gospel … more -
Codex Macedoniensis (MS Add. 6594)
Codex Macedoniensis is a 9th century Byzantine manuscript of the four Gospels written in a Greek uncial script. Its text … more -
Gospel book (MS Add. 6677)
This Gospel book was copied near the end of the 10th century or during the first half of the 11th. Its script, in the Perlschrift … more -
Act and Epistles book (MS Add. 6678)
This manuscript is a high-quality illuminated Acts and Epistles book, produced in the later 12th or earlier 13th century. … more -
Sticherarion (menaion) (MS Add. 7216)
This Greek manuscript, probably copied in the 18th century, is a Sticherarion, a liturgical book containing hymns with their … more -
Menologion for November (MS Add. 7593)
This manuscript, probably produced during the 13th or early 14th century, is a Menologion for November, a liturgical book … more -
Palimpsest of Homer and John Chrysostom (MS Add. 7872)
This fragment is a single folio of a palimpsest manuscript containing originally a copy of the Iliad of Homer in majuscule, … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturdays and Sundays) (MS Add. 10070)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript, dating to the 11th century, belongs to the fuller of the two main types, the "weekday" … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturdays, Sundays and weekdays) (Christ's College MS 6)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript belongs to the fuller of the two main types, the "weekday" lectionary, which includes readings … more -
Act and Epistles book (Christ's College MS 9)
This manuscript is an Acts and Epistles book, probably copied in the 12th century and slightly incomplete. It is a relatively … more -
Gospel lectionary (synaxarion) (Christ's College Fragment A)
This fragment is an incomplete folio from a Gospel lectionary manuscript, probably copied in the 12th century.Dr Christopher … more -
Gospel of John (Christ's College Fragment B)
This fragment consists of two folios from different parts of a Gospel book, containing portions of the Gospel of John, probably … more -
Oktoechos (Christ's College Fragment C)
This fragment, probably copied in the 13th century, consists of a folio and a bifolio, separate but following directly in … more -
Euchologion (Christ's College MS Rouse 252)
This manuscript, copied in the 16th century, is a miscellaneous Euchologion (prayer book), containing a variety of texts … more -
New Testament lectionary (Christ's College MS Rouse 253)
This manuscript, probably copied in the later 16th or 17th century, is a New Testament lectionary, containing the readings … more -
Life of St Eupraxia and Passion of St Eirene (Christ's College MS Rouse 255)
This manuscript, produced during the late 16th century, contains two hagiographical texts: the Life of St Eupraxia and Passion … more -
Christian religious texts (Christ's College MS Rouse 263)
This manuscript, probably copied near the end of the 16th century or in the first half of the 17th, contains a selection … more -
Nomocanon (Christ's College MS Rouse 265)
The manuscript contains a Nomocanon in 277 chapters in modern Greek. The Nomocanon is a collection of ecclesiastical regulations … more -
Gospel lectionary (Christ's College MS Rouse 298)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript, probably copied in the 11th century, belongs to the briefer of the two main types, the … more -
Homer (Christ's College MS Rouse 358)
This manuscript, copied between the 1550s and 1560s, is the first of a two-volume set of Greek literary texts with Cambridge, … more -
Sophocles, Pindar, Hesiod and Aeschylus (Christ's College MS Rouse 359)
The manuscript is closely related to Cambridge, Christ's College, MS Rouse 358; both are anthologies of Greek literary texts … more -
Byzantine lexicographical texts (Clare College MS 24)
This manuscript, probably produced in the first half of the 15th century, contains two Byzantine lexicographical texts by … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturdays and Sundays) (Clare College MS 31)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript, copied in the years around 1500, belongs to the briefer of the two main types, the "Saturday-Sunday" … more -
Maximos the Confessor, treatises and letters (MS Dd.2.22)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 14th or 15th century, contains a selection of works of Maximos the Confessor, treatises … more -
Hexabiblos (MS Dd.2.51)
This manuscript, produced in the first half of the 15th century, contains a collection of different texts, primarily legal … more -
John Klimakos, the Ladder of Divine Ascent and To the Pastor (MS Dd.3.50)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 12th century, contains two works of John Klimakos, the Ladder of Divine Ascent and … more -
Liber geeponicus (MS Dd.3.86.9)
This manuscript was formerly part of a miscellaneous composite volume (MS Dd.3.86) formed of eleven parts, containing texts … more -
Maximus the Confessor and a fragment of the Geoponica (MS Dd.3.86.10-11)
This manuscript was formerly part of a miscellaneous composite volume (MS Dd.3.86) formed of eleven parts, containing texts … more -
Greek philosophical miscellany (MS Dd.4.16)
The manuscript contains a Greek philosophical miscellany, comprising treatises and extracts mainly deriving from Aristotle. … more -
Psalter (MS Dd.4.39)
This manuscript is a Psalter, probably copied in the second half of the 12th century. The Psalms are followed by the Odes, … more -
Index of the Greek manuscripts in the Vatican Library (MS Dd.4.40)
The manuscript is a copy, written by the Dutch philologist and historian Theodore Rycke (1640-1690; latinized Theodorus Ryckius), … more -
Lexicographic treatises (MS Dd.4.63)
This 15th-century manuscript contains three Lexicographic treatises, and is known to be the only copy of the Lexicon Rhetoricum … more -
Byzantine and patristic religious texts (MS Dd.6.18)
This manuscript, copied in England in the late 17th century, contains a collection of brief Byzantine and patristic religious … more -
Byzantine and patristic miscellany (MS Dd.6.19)
This manuscript, copied in the late 17th century, contains a Byzantine and patristic miscellany of excerpts and brief texts, … more -
Lycophron's Alexandra (MS Dd.6.84)
The manuscript contains Lycophron's Alexandra (3rd c. AD), a poem in iambic trimeters characterized by laboured style and … more -
Greek-Latin lexicon (MS Dd.8.3)
This manscript contains a simple Greek-Latin lexicon, defining Greek words by a single Latin word or brief description, without … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturdays, Sundays and weekdays) (MS Dd.8.23)
This large Gospel lectionary manuscript, dating probably to the 13th century, belongs to the fuller of the two main types, … more -
Gospel lectionary (MS Dd.8.49)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript, complete apart from one lost folio, belongs to the briefer of the two main types, the … more -
Gospel book (MS Dd.9.69)
This manuscript, dated by a colophon to June 1297, is an illuminated Gospel book to which a copy of the book of Revelation … more -
Theocritus of Syracuse (MS Dd.10.42)
The manuscript contains a late-15th-century copy of the first 18 Idylls of the bucolic poet Theocritus of Syracuse (ca. 300-260 … more -
Ladder of Divine Ascent (MS Dd.10.54)
This manuscript, dating to the late 10th or early 11th century, is a copy of the Ladder of Divine Ascent by St John "Klimakos" … more -
Erotemata (MS Dd.10.55)
This manuscript, probably produced in 1425, contains the grammatical textbook written by the grammarian, classical scholar … more -
Lucian, Libanius, Severus Alexandrinus, Aelius Aristides and Pseudo-Nonnos (MS Dd.11.54)
This manuscript comprises two parts, both written on paper but unreleated to one other, containing mainly texts by Lucian, … more -
Act and Epistles book (MS Dd.11.90)
This manuscript is an Acts and Epistles book, probably produced in the later 12th or earlier 13th century, possibly in Cyprus … more -
Treatise on the Astrolabe (MS Dd.15.27)
This manuscript, produced in 1584, contains the Treatise on the Astrolabe of Ioannes Philoponos, a 6th-century Alexandrian … more -
Chiliades (MS Ee.6.35)
This manuscript, produced in the late 15th or early 16th century, contains works of the 12th-century Byzantine scholar and … more -
Emmanuel College MS 90 (Emmanuel College MS 90)
This is an autograph manuscript of a translation of the Gospel of Mark into Hebrew, presented alongside the original Greek … more -
Act and Epistles book (Emmanuel College MS 110)
This manuscript of the Acts and Epistles was probably copied in the late 10th century or first half of the 11th. The various … more -
Collection of letters in Greek (MS Ff.1.7)
The manuscript contains a Collection of letters in Greek written by individuals who lived between the end of the 16th century … more -
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (MS Ff.1.24)
This Greek manuscript, probably made in Constantinople in the tenth century, was brought to England in the thirteenth century … more -
Euthymius Zigabenus (MS Ff.1.26)
This Greek manuscript contains a commentary on the Psalms by Euthymius Zigabenus, a Byzantine theologian of the early 12th … more -
Pauline Epistles with catena (MS Ff.1.30)
This manuscript is the latter part of a book containing the Pauline Epistles with catena, a supporting sequence of extracts … more -
Commentarius magnus (in Psalmos) (MS Ff.3.2)
This manuscript, probably produced between 1628 and 1634, contains part of a commentary on the Psalms, whose authorship is … more -
MS Ff.3.6 (MS Ff.3.6)
This manuscript, probably produced in the mid-17th century, contains part of a commentary on the Psalms. The authorship of … more -
MS Ff.4.2 (MS Ff.4.2)
This is a composite manuscript, all of whose portions probably date to between about 1490 and 1575. Its principal components … more -
Canon law (MS Ff.4.3)
This manuscript, whose production has been dated to 1563-1564, contains a series of religious texts. Canon law forms the … more -
Rhetoric (MS Ff.5.8)
The manuscript Ff.5.8 is a 12th or 13th century parchment copy of the treatise by Aristotle, Rhetoric (Ars rhetorica), on … more -
Euclid's Elements (MS Ff.6.32)
The manuscript contains a text on geometry, Euclid's Elements. The work is not in its complete form: Ff.3.32 contains only … more -
Callimachus (MS Ff.6.57)
This manuscript contains epigrams and brief fragments from the works of the ancient poet Callimachus with annotations on … more -
Mathematics, Astronomy and Geography (MS Gg.2.33)
Manuscript Gg.2.33 is a composite volume comprising various texts on Mathematics, Astronomy and Geography by Ptolemy, Theodore … more -
Texts on music (MS Gg.2.34)
The manuscript, written in the first half of the 16th century, contains three Texts on music: the Introduction to Harmonics … more -
Michael Psellos (MS Gg.6.10)
The manuscript contains two small philosophical treatises by the Byzantine polymath Michael Psellos: the first deals with … more -
Achilles Tatius, The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon (MS Gg.6.43)
This 16th-century manuscript is a late copy of Achilles Tatius, The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, one of the few … more -
Byzantine, Persian and ancient Greek texts on medicine and the interpretation of dreams (MS 77/44)
This manuscript, copied in the years around 1500, contains Byzantine, Persian and ancient Greek texts on medicine and the … more -
In Aristotelis physicorum libros octo commentaria (MS 500/382)
This manuscript, copied around in the late 15th or early 16th century, contains the first four of the eight books of the … more -
Gospel book (MS 781/819)
This Gospel book, probably copied in the second half of the 12th century, is equipped in an unusual fashion for liturgical … more -
Gospel book (MS Hh.6.12)
This manuscript is a Gospel book written about 1500, which can be quite closely dated by the watermarks of the different … more -
John Chrysostom (MS Ii.3.25)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 14th century, contains a selection of homilies by the Patriarch of Constantinople … more -
Introduction to Grammar (MS Ii.4.16)
This manuscript, produced in 1476 or 1479, contains the Greek grammar of Theodore Gaza or Gazes, a 15th-century Byzantine … more -
Aristotle (MS Ii.5.44)
The manuscript is a collection of ethical treatises by the philosopher Aristotle or attributed to him. MS Ii.5.44 was copied … more -
Epictetus, Aesop and Ignatios the Deacon (MS Ii.6.41)
This small manuscript is a miscellany, comprising didactic and ethical texts by Epictetus, Aesop and Ignatios the Deacon. … more -
Euclid (King's College MS 20)
The manuscript contains two mathematical treatises by Euclid: Phaenomena on spherical astronomy, and Optics on the geometry … more -
De utilitate mathematicae (King's College MS 23)
This Greek manuscript, containing a part of the second-century author Theon of Smyrna's Treatise on aspects of mathematics … more -
Life of Barlaam and Joasaph (King's College MS 45)
This manuscript, probably dating to the 12th century, contains the Life of Barlaam and Joasaph (or Josaphat), a Christianised … more -
Synopsis Basilicorum maior (MS Kk.5.11)
The manuscript contains the Synopsis Basilicorum maior, an alphabetically arranged selection of the imperial laws, with … more -
Greek-Latin lexicon, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos (MS Kk.5.12)
This manuscript, probably written in the 16th century, contains a simple Greek-Latin lexicon, arranged in two columns with … more -
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (MS Kk.5.19)
This paper manuscript dating from the 15th century comprises a copy of Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War and three … more -
Lexicon of Pseudo-Zonaras (MS Kk.5.25)
This manuscript, produced in the late 15th century, contains the Lexicon of Pseudo-Zonaras, whose actual authorship is unknown, … more -
Music, mathematics and astronomy (MS Kk.5.26)
MS CUL Kk.5.26 is a miscellany containing texts on Music, mathematics and astronomy. The codex is a composite manuscript, … more -
Commentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato (MS Kk.5.27)
This manuscript contains the Commentary on the First Alcibiades, a dialogue traditionally attributed to Plato (but whose … more -
Nicomachus of Gerasa (MS Kk.5.28)
This manuscript contains two texts by the Greek Neopythagorean Nicomachus of Gerasa (ca. 100 CE), a mathematical manual, … more -
Greek military treatises (MS Kk.5.31)
The manuscript contains two Greek military treatises, Onasander's Strategicus, on generalship, and Aelian's Tactics.The … more -
Gospel book (MS Kk.5.35)
This Gospel book was copied at the end of 15th century by Georgios Hermonymos of Sparta (ca. 1430-ca. 1511). In addition … more -
Byzantine chronicle of Constantine Manasses (MS Kk.5.37)
This manuscript, dating to the later 16th century, contains the Byzantine chronicle of Constantine Manasses, quite unusual … more -
Act and Epistles book (MS Kk.6.4)
This Acts and Epistles book was probably copied in the second half of the 10th century or first half of the 11th. The manuscript … more -
Literary epistles (MS Kk.6.23)
The manuscript represents a collection of examples of Literary epistles of Flavius Philostratus, Theophylactus Simocatta, … more -
Ajax of Sophocles (MS Kk.6.27)
This Greek manuscript contains a late copy of the tragedy Ajax of Sophocles, preceded by a hypothesis that coincides only … more -
Description of the Known World (MS Kk.6.29)
This manuscript, produced at the beginning of the 16th century, contains the Description of the Known World by the Alexandrian … more -
On the Sublime (MS Kk.6.34)
This Greek manuscript contains a 16th-century copy of the treatise On the Sublime, a work of literary criticism dating back … more -
Gospels (MS Ll.2.13)
This copy of the Gospels was produced at the end of 15th century for the humanist scholar Guillaume Budé (b. 1468, d. 1540) … more -
Miscellany (MS Ll.4.12)
This miscellaneous manuscript dates to the late 14th or early 15th century, and contains several texts from antiquity to … more -
Gospels, Act and Epistles book (MS Mm.6.9)
This manuscript, unusually, contains almost the entire New Testament, combining the normal content of a Gospel book and an … more -
John Chrysostom, homilies (MS Nn.1.21)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 11th century, contains a selection of works of John Chrysostom, homilies from various … more -
John Chrysostom, homilies (MS Nn.1.22)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 11th century, contains a selection of works of John Chrysostom, homilies from various … more -
Commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge (MS Nn.1.24)
This manuscript, written on paper, contains an early 16th-century copy of the Commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge ascribed to … more -
Herodotus (MS Nn.2.34)
This fourteenth-century manuscript is entirely dedicated to the Histories of Herodotus, considered the founding work of … more -
Gospel book (MS Nn.2.36)
This manuscript, probably produced in either 1120/1 or 1130/1, is a richly ornamented Gospel book, equipped for the study … more -
Quaestiones Convivales (Moralia 46 = Plan. 78) (defective at the end and with lacunae) (MS Nn.2.39)
The manuscript Nn.2.39 contains a humanistic copy of the Table-Talks by the Greek essayist Plutarch of Chaeronea (ca. 46 … more -
Codex Bezae (MS Nn.2.41)
There are half-a-dozen ancient manuscripts which are the foundation of our understanding of the text of the New Testament … more -
Aristophanes (MS Nn.3.3)
This Greek manuscript contains two comedies, Plutus (known also as Wealth), Clouds, by the Athenian writer Aristophanes (c. … more -
Euclid (MS Nn.3.8)
The manuscript contains three treatises attributed to Euclid: Catoptrics, which now is considered spurious, on the mathematical … more -
Euripidean dyad (Nn.3.13)
This manuscript, dated c. 1480, combines the so-called 'Euripidean dyad' with the translation of the Distichs of Cato (a … more -
Aristophanes (MS Nn.3.15)
This manuscript contains three plays of Aristophanes (ca. 446-385 BCE), the Athenian writer of Old Comedy. The three comedies, … more -
Aristophanes (MS Nn.3.16)
This Greek manuscript is composed of two separate parts, each with independent foliation, often referred to in the literature … more -
Aeschylus (MS Nn.3.17)
Nn.3.17 is a composite manuscript made up of two originally separate parts, each of which contains the text of three tragedies … more -
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (MS Nn.3.18)
This 15th-century manuscript is entirely dedicated to Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the war … more -
Funeral Oration (MS Nn.4.2)
This small parchment manuscript contains the Epitaphius (The Funeral Oration), for the fallen of the battle of Chaeronea … more -
Ephraem Syrus and moral texts (MS Nn.4.8)
Nn.4.8 is a composite manuscript consisting of two original parts, containing mainly texts of Ephraem Syrus and moral texts. … more -
Leuctran orations by Aelius Aristides (MS Nn.4.42b)
This manuscript contains the five Leuctran orations by Aelius Aristides (orr. 11-15 Lenz-Behr). Aristides (b. ca. 118, d. … more -
Treatise on papal primacy (Pembroke College MS 288)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 17th century, contains a treatise on papal primacy by Barlaam of Calabria, a 14th-century … more -
Life of Barlaam and Joasaph (Pembroke College MS 291)
This manuscript, dating to the early 17th century, contains the Life of Barlaam and Joasaph (or Josaphat), a Christianised … more -
Panoplia Dogmatike (Pembroke College MS 293)
This manuscript is the second part of a four-volume copy of the Panoplia Dogmatike of Niketas Choniates, completed in 1632. … more -
Panoplia Dogmatike (Pembroke College MS 295)
This manuscript is the fourth and final part of a four-volume copy of the Panoplia Dogmatike of Niketas Choniates, completed … more -
Gospel lectionary (selective) (Pembroke College MS 310)
This Gospel lectionary manuscript was probably copied in the 12th century, although it has been suggested that it is a product … more -
Private Prayers of Lancelot Andrewes (Pembroke College MS LC II.174)
The manuscript contains the Private Prayers of Lancelot Andrewes (Preces Privatae), bishop of Winchester (1555-1626). This … more -
Contra fatum (Pembroke College MS LC II.232)
This manuscript, which may be dated to the late 16th or early 17th century, contains the treatise by Gregory of Nyssa, Contra … more -
Letters (Pembroke College MS LC II.233.1)
This manuscript, written in the mid-17th century, contains a Latin translation of the content of Pemboke College, MS LC II.233.2. … more -
Letters (Pembroke College MS LC II.233.2)
This manuscript, copied in the late 16th or early 17th century, contains 61 of the Letters of Theophylact of Ohrid, Metropolitan … more -
Ptolemy's Almagest (Queens' College MS 32)
The manuscript contains Ptolemy's Almagest, one of the most important works of ancient Greek astronomy. The work is not … more -
Artes rhetoricae (Queens' College MS 33)
This manuscript on paper is one of the two manuscripts in Greek belonging to Queens' College, Cambridge. It contains a late … more -
Canon law (Sidney Sussex College MS 61)
The principal content of this manuscript, apparently copied in 1561, is a compilation of selections from Canon law. The copyist … more -
Canons of Church Councils and synods (Sidney Sussex College MS 65)
This manuscript, probably produced in western Europe in the 16th century, is largely composed of the Canons of Church Councils … more -
Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Republic (St John's College MS F.15)
This manuscript is an early sixteenth-century copy of Proclus' Commentary on Plato's Republic. The commentary consists of … more -
Greek profession of faith for Orthodox converts to Catholicism (St John's College MS M.8)
This manuscript, copied in the late 16th or early 17th century, contains the Greek profession of faith for Orthodox converts … more -
Erotemata of Manuel Moschopoulos (St John's College MS O.79)
This manuscript, probably produced in the late 14th century, contains the Erotemata of Manuel Moschopoulos, a grammatical … more -
Menologion for January (Trinity College MS B.8.1)
This manuscript, probably produced during the 12th century, is a Menologion for January, a liturgical book containing the … more -
John Chrysostom, homilies (Trinity College MS B.8.11)
This manuscript, probably copied in the 11th century, contains a selection of works of John Chrysostom, homilies from various … more -
Gospel book (Trinity College MS B.10.17)
This Gospel book was probably copied in the 13th century, as indicated by the style of script. This remains quite restrained … more -
On Syntax (Trinity College MS O.1.4)
This manuscript, probably copied in the first quarter of the 16th century, contains a Greek grammatical tract, On Syntax … more -
Greek Military Treatises (Trinity College MS O.1.14)
The manuscript contains a small collection of Greek Military Treatises, a genre that had a wide popularity in Byzantium; … more -
Michael Psellos and John Kamateros (Trinity College MS O.1.32)
The manuscript contains texts by Michael Psellos and John Kamateros. The two small philosophical treatises by the eleventh-century … more -
Lexicon (Trinity College MS O.3.9)
This manuscript, probably produced in the 12th century, is the oldest surviving copy of the Lexicon of Photios I, Patriarch … more -
Aelius Aristides (Trinity College MS O.4.3)
The manuscript contains a large selection of works by the Greek rhetor Aelius Aristides (ca. 118-181 CE). He was a leading … more -
Gospel lectionary (Saturday-Sunday) (Trinity College MS O.4.22)
This richly ornamented Greek Gospel lectionary, probably produced in the 11th century, belongs to the briefer of the two … more -
Hermias and Julian the Emperor (Trinity College MS O.8.7)
This Greek manuscript contains three texts, by Hermias and Julian the Emperor. The first text, Hermias' Satire on the Profane … more -
Stratagems in War (defective at the end) (Trinity College MS R.9.9)
The manuscript is an incomplete copy of the Strategemata of Polyaenus (2nd century CE). It was copied by Georgius Moschus … more -
On Heroes (Trinity College MS R.9.20)
This short manuscript, produced in the very late 15th or early 16th century, contains the Heroicus (On Heroes), a dialogue … more
